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Author Archives: James Broadbent

Posted inChina, Hong Kong

HK leader unveils big boost to public housing

by James Broadbent October 16, 2019February 18, 2020

The Hong Kong government plans to greatly increase the scale of public housing projects in a bid to soothe widespread discontent after four months of anti-government protests. Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced a raft of moves to ease the city’s drastic shortage of cheap housing in a video address on Wednesday, after she was forced to […]

Posted inAustralia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania

Aussie couple charged with spying freed by Iran

by James Broadbent October 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

Wild scenes in Japan after win over Ireland

by James Broadbent and Alastair Himmer September 28, 2019February 18, 2020
A health worker performs a blood test on a child at a clinic near the Thai-Myanmar border. For more than a decade, the fast-acting artemisinin has been a potent weapon against malaria, but there are fears that resistance to the drug is spreading. Photo: AFP / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Myanmar, Oceania, United States, World

Antibody could be key to malaria vaccine

by James Broadbent September 28, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, United Kingdom, World

Thomas Cook loss smaller than feared: Fosun

by James Broadbent September 28, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Daxing Airport takes off without its creator

by James Broadbent September 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Migrant workers pass the Thai-Myanmar border in an official service truck as they left Thailand from Mae Sot, Tak province in northern Thailand. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung PHOTO / Ye Aung Thu
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand

Thais offer DNA tests to identify deceased migrants

by James Broadbent September 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inCanada, World

Canadian police official held on spy charges

by James Broadbent September 14, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East

Iran seizes tugboat, crew in Strait of Hormuz

by James Broadbent and Amir Havasi September 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Indian spacecraft may have crashed on moon

by James Broadbent September 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam

Groups call for end to coal-power in SE Asia

by James Broadbent September 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, World

Film on Thai activist who’s saved 4,000 sea slaves

by James Broadbent September 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Thailand

Four hurt in Bangkok bomb blasts

by James Broadbent August 2, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, India, South Asia, Thailand

GoAir expands its flights to Bangkok

by James Broadbent July 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Target Malaria is soon scheduled to begin implementing a plan in West and Central Africa to release genetically modified “male sterile” (non-gene-drive) mosquitoes: Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Parasite mutations causing anti-malarial drug failures

by James Broadbent July 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Drug gangs behind Sri Lanka Easter blasts, president claims

by Amal Jayasinghe and James Broadbent July 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Taiwan, United States, World

US must scrap arms deal with Taiwan: Beijing

by James Broadbent July 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAustralia, Oceania

Australia to build port expressly for US Marines

by James Broadbent June 24, 2019February 18, 2020

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